Pensacola mom left 9-month-old at home alone while on bowling date, deputies allege

View full sizeLeah June Rabon, 20, of Pensacola, Florida, is accused of leaving her 9-month-old baby boy alone on Monday, May 23, 2011, while she went on a date at a bowling alley.

PENSACOLA, Florida -- A 20-year-old Pensacola woman stands accused of leaving her 9-month-old son home alone while on a date at a local bowling alley, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office reports.

Leah June Rabon was arrested late Monday night and charged with cruelty towards a child and child neglect, after deputies found that she had left her child unattended at her apartment for more than 2 hours, deputies said today in a news release.

At about 9:41 Monday night, deputies went to the Enterprise Drive Apartments at 6111 Enterprise Drive after they received an anonymous tip that the child may have been left alone in Rabon’s apartment, deputies said in the news release. Deputies tracked down Rabon’s cell phone number, contacted her and confirmed that her son was inside the residence without supervision.

“Once we determined that an infant was inside the apartment we made a forced entry into the unit,” Deputy Chris Welborn said. “We found the baby asleep in his bedroom and, thankfully, he was healthy.”

Once Rabon returned to her residence she was arrested, telling deputies that she had left her son to go on a date and had been away for about 2 hours, deputies said. The Florida Department of Children and Family services placed the child into the custody of maternal grandparents.